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Today in History: Guggenheim Museum opens

On Oct. 21, 1959, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum opened in New York.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning works, and the stories behind them, can be found at the Harold Washington Library

• At Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston, new exhibits are only the beginning 

• Obama Foundation workers move to unionize

• National Book Award finalists span continents and tackle identity, justice and war

Column: ‘Crossing Division Street’ is a new novel of family, born out of Cabrini-Green

The Cabrini-Green public housing project comes roaring back in a remarkable first novel by Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo titled “Crossing Division Street."

• Biblioracle: ‘Chain Reaction’ is a terrific Jack Reacher book. But is he a sociopath?

• Here’s how to see author Rebecca Yarros when she comes to Naperville

• It’s not too early to holiday shop: 8 books for the Chicago music lover in your life

• From survivor to ‘thriver’: Beverly writer channels breast cancer diagnosis into recipes for health

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Chicago bride’s social media search for her mother’s dress reunites family with lost wedding heirloom

A 2027 Chicago bride is searching for her mom’s wedding dress, lost more than a decade ago. Along the way, she made another family’s dream come true.

• Answer Angel: Sick of all the Taylor talk? Shake it off.

• Answer Angel: Removing mystery stains

• Leigh Jones, prominent hairstylist for celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, dies at 81

• Answer Angel: Shoe pain

Don’t let fallen leaves go to waste

Nature never wastes a leaf.

• Peak fall color in Chicago area now on display

• Franklin Park seeks voter input on potential fruit tree ban to combat rodents

• Orland Park’s Holly House expands mother and daughter’s cozy vision

• Grape hyacinth perform best in full sun

A long-suppressed 1961 documentary about Chicago is unearthed

“Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City" was a co-production by the BBC. Mayor Daley and others were outraged at this "seamy," warts-and-all portrayal of the city.

• Eric Bauza, modern voice of Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46

• Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to get life-size bronze tribute near Millennium Park

• Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in ‘Picket Fences,’ ‘Alien’ and ‘Top Gun,’ dies at 93

• Movie runtimes are getting longer, from ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘You Can See Everything’

Popular Joliet concert venue The Forge to close after 9.5 years

Joliet concert venue The Forge will close this weekend after a decade of promoting local and national metal and alternative bands.

• Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show

• Oak Park Dia de los Muertos Festival returns a year after being canceled by immigration enforcement fears

• V.V. Lightbody returns to the spotlight with new album ‘Period Piece’

• John Anderson, country music star whose hits included ‘Wild and Blue,’ dies at 71

Steppenwolf Theatre will return to London with ‘Purpose’

The Steppenwolf Theatre production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” a play loosely based on the family of the late Chicago civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, is heading to London’s Royal Court Theatre in January.

• Chicago Theater Report: Halloween bash at Hand & Eye, pressure mounts to reopen Mercury

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• ‘Slow Dance’ show at the MCA is an invitation to just ‘be.’ Don’t mind the live bodies.

• Review: ‘King Hedley II’ at City Lit is August Wilson’s drama, intense and up close in a storefront theater

• Review: ‘Omar’ at Lyric Opera tells the extraordinary story of an enslaved scholar

Chicago Media Report: John Kass winding down website — and Horace Grant launches cable TV sports talk show

The latest Chicago Media Report details plans by John Kass to end his online venture, Horace Grant's new sports talk show and where to watch the next Bears game.

• Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Kate & Allie,’ dies at 80

• ‘The Pitt’ star Noah Wyle named People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

• Chicago White Sox part ways with television play-by-play announcer John Schriffen

• Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on original ‘Star Trek’ series who was born in Chicago, dies at 90

‘Chicago, do better’: Vendors, food activists demand reforms to city’s restrictive street vending laws

Chicago street vendors and food worker activists from across the country rallied Monday at the Haymarket Memorial in West Loop to call for sweeping changes to the city’s restrictive street vending laws.

• Meet the 13 finalists in the Tribune’s 40th annual Holiday Cookie Contest

• Halloween 2026: 39 Chicago restaurants and bars with family-friendly bashes, dance parties, drag brunches and more

• Whole Foods is coming to Logan Square in a new format

• Restaurant review: TXA TXA Club, an artful cafe that’s quietly become one of the boldest and best in Chicago

Recipe: Harissa orange salmon patties

These patties start like most other salmon or tuna cakes, by binding fresh or canned salmon together with breadcrumbs and an egg.

• This hearty meal comes together quickly with mostly pantry-friendly ingredients

• The 2-ingredient coffee cocktail that’s even better than an espresso martini

• Cowboy beef sliders bring big flavor to your game-day spread

• Chinese steamed eggs are the perfect way to round out your dinner

American and United are in stalemate at O’Hare, but rivalry keeps growing

With the rivalry at an imposed stalemate, both airlines turned to making underhanded barbs against each other as they talked to investors this week about their latest earnings.

• Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

• The quiet allure of private rail

• Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

• Chicago hotel workers vote to strike

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Magician, comedians and rock band to perform as part of winter lineup at Aurora Hollywood Casino

The winter lineup includes rock band Umphrey’s McGee on Jan. 16, comedian Michael Blaustein on Jan. 30 and magician Rob Lake on Feb. 21, according to casino officials.

• US cruise ship suspends global voyage in Asia due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers

• Column: Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy have settled back into Chicago for a spell

• Louise Lincoln, longtime director of recently shuttered DePaul Art Museum, dies at 79

• A new mural park is coming to the West Side

Six Flags roller coasters getting seat belts in wake of fatal accident: ‘Trust is earned through actions’

All Six Flags parks and rides will also undergo a review of safety procedures, the company said.

• 2026 Soul Train Awards will be held in Chicago

• ‘You Can See Everything’ surges with $19.5M at box office; ‘Clayface’ takes No. 1

• Review: In ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway, Bill Irwin clowns it up as Molière’s hypochondriac

• Review: In Remy Bumppo Theatre’s ‘Mud Row,’ shifting between the civil rights era and now